ERIC Number: EJ1076525
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 19
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An Enquiry into the Professional Competence of Inclusive Education Teachers in Beijing: Attitudes, Knowledge, Skills, and Agency
Mu, Guanglun Michael; Wang, Yan; Wang, Zhiqiang; Feng, Yajing; Deng, Meng; Liang, Songmei
International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, v62 n6 p571-589 2015
Attitudes, knowledge, and skills are widely recognised as the three pillars of professional competence of inclusive education teachers. Studies emerging from the Chinese context consider these three pillars important for the practice of Learning in Regular Classrooms--an idiosyncratic Chinese form of inclusive education. Our mixed methods study reveals that agency is the fourth pillar of the professional competence for inclusive education teachers in Beijing, China. Results from comparative analysis indicate that the level of teachers' agency is significantly lower than that of their attitudes, knowledge, and skills. We offer some implications for policy and practice in inclusive education.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Competencies, Inclusion, Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Skills, Knowledge Level, Mixed Methods Research, Comparative Analysis, Focus Groups, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Interviews, Junior High Schools, Questionnaires
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China (Beijing)
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